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Results: 2011 Brass at the Guild

Successes for Pemberton Old, Tyldesley, Besses Boys and Boarshurst at the annual contest in Preston

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Brass at the Guild
Lancashire Contests

6th February 2011
Guild Hall, Preston

All Sections:
1st Prize — Brass at the Guild Trophy & £700
2nd Prize — Brass at the Guild Trophy & £400
3rd Prize — Brass at the Guild Trophy & £300

Full Results

Championship/First Section:

1. Pemberton Old Wigan DW (9) 193pts
2. Felling (6) 192pts
3. Hammonds Saltaire (11) 191pts
4. Freckleton (10) 190pts
5. Longridge (8) 189pts
6. Newstead Welfare (4) 188pts
7. Northop Silver (12) 187pts
8. Rainford (2) 185pts
9. Hade Edge (3) 184pts
10. Harrogate (5) 182pts
11. Oldham Band (Lees) (1) 181pts
12. Blackpool Brass (7) 180pts

Second Section:

1. Tyldesley (11) 195pts
2. Royal Buckley (12) 194pts
3. Dobcross Silver (4) 193pts
4. Knottingley Silver (9) 192pts
5. Eccleston (7) 191pts
6. Middleton (10) 190pts
7. Lostock Hall (1) 188pts
8. Hoover Bolton (5) 186pts
9. Slaithwaite (6) 185pts
10. Besses o’ th’ Barn (2) 184pts
11. Old Hall (8) 183pts
12. Emley (3) 182pts


Third Section:

1. Besses Boys (6) 181pts
2. Eagley (3) 179pts
3. Blackley (5) 177pts
4. Coppull & Standish (1) 175pts
5. Thornton Cleveleys (4) 174pts
6. Farnworth & Walkden (7) 173pts
7. Darwen Brass (8) 172pts
8. Huddersfield & Ripponden (2) 170pts

Horbury Victoria (W)


Fourth Section:

1. Boarshurst Silver (5) 183pts
2. Parr St Helens (2) 182pts
3. Rivington & Adlington (7) 181pts
4. Sale Brass (3) 179pts
5. Kirkby Lonsdale (4) 178pts
6. Tarleton Brass (1) 176pts
7. Porthaethwy Menai Bridge (6) 174pts


Test pieces (by draw)

Championship/First Section

Le Carnaval Romain (Berlioz/Wright)
Le Carnaval Romain (Berlioz/Wright)
Paganini Variations (Wilby)
Titan's Progress (Pallhuber)
Le Carnaval Romain (Berlioz/Wright)
Benvenuto Cellini (Berlioz/Jenkins)
Resurgam (Ball)
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Graham)
Rococco Variations (Gregson)
Diversions on a Bass Theme (Lloyd)
Between the Moon and Mexico (Sparke)
Sounds (Golland)

Second Section

A Little Light Music (Wilby)
Resurgam (Ball)
Resurgam (Ball)
Resurgam (Ball)
Connotations (Gregson)
Galdhøpiggen (Kerwin)
Resurgam (Ball)
Rhapsody in Brass (Goffin)
Resurgam (Ball)
Resurgam (Ball)
Variation on Maccabeus (Norbury)
Tryptych fo Brass Band (Sparke)

Third Section

St.Austell Suite (Downie)
A Little Light Music (Wilby)
A Little Light Music (Wilby)
Purcell Variations (Downie)
A Royal Mile Suite (Fernie)
Northern Landscapes (Graham)
Rhapsody in Brass (Goffin)
Oceans (Richards)

Fourth Section

Lydian Pictures (Dobson)
Three Saints (Richards)
Laudate Dominum (Gregson)
Glasshouse Sketches (Gott)
Prelude, Song and Dance (Golland)
Prelude and Jubilate (Barry)
Hungerford Town (Barry)

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